Passport stamp???

Basil brush wrote on Thu Nov 11, 2021 8:05am:

Hi,

Just travelled to Spain via Brittany ferry to Bilbao where our passports were duly stamped on arrival….spent 4/5 weeks on the costa Blanca and then chose to drive via France back to Uk ( Calais) and with no one at the french/ Spainish border and then not getting an exit stamp at Calais our pass...

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...ports now show we are technically still in euro zone? I asked Uk borderforce about it and he said “ yer…all a bit flaky at the min….and keep your travel docs for evidence in case of problems in the future?” Not very clear at all and now worried if you get the wrong person on entering euro zone again we will be turned back? Why make rules and not follow through eh? Right pain in backside now and I had already asked if their is any record of us returning to Uk and borderfoce guy said no! Reassuring eh? Guess we will have to buy an inflatable boat to use in the future as that’s looking like the only way to cross at this rate? Anyone else had this experience with passports? Thanks in advance.

Basil brush wrote on Thu Nov 11, 2021 8:05am:

Hi,

Just travelled to Spain via Brittany ferry to Bilbao where our passports were duly stamped on arrival….spent 4/5 weeks on the costa Blanca and then chose to drive via France back to Uk ( Calais) and with no one at the french/ Spainish border and then not getting an exit stamp at Calais our pass...

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...ports now show we are technically still in euro zone? I asked Uk borderforce about it and he said “ yer…all a bit flaky at the min….and keep your travel docs for evidence in case of problems in the future?” Not very clear at all and now worried if you get the wrong person on entering euro zone again we will be turned back? Why make rules and not follow through eh? Right pain in backside now and I had already asked if their is any record of us returning to Uk and borderfoce guy said no! Reassuring eh? Guess we will have to buy an inflatable boat to use in the future as that’s looking like the only way to cross at this rate? Anyone else had this experience with passports? Thanks in advance.

GrahamLynn wrote on Thu Nov 11, 2021 4:42pm:

Looking at the reports in today’s press, it looks as though tightened measures will kick into place when ETIAS starts next year. 

Lynn

John 52 wrote on Thu Nov 11, 2021 5:22pm:

Also Lynn looks like there may be changes on the horizon  regarding 90/180 according to same press

Kimmy11 wrote on Thu Nov 11, 2021 7:23pm:

Hi Basil Brush,

There appears to be little consistency at the different border crossings at the moment.  Advice from the Spanish embassy for non-residents, who don't receive a stamp in their passport, is that they should retain their boarding pass for that journey - proof of ticket purchase is not sufficien...

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As Spanish residents, I was interested to see what would happen when we checked in for our ferry crossing yesterday from Caen to Portsmouth.  I handed our passports to the French border control guard, which he scanned and then asked for our residency cards.  While our Passenger Locator Forms state that we live in Spain, they don't detail our residency status, so French border control must have had access to digital data that identified us as Spanish residents - and, correctly, we didn't receive a stamp in our passports.

Kind regards,

Kim